If you see this...!

OK, this is sort of a game.

Post a photo of some outlandish landmark or other recognisable but obscure place with the leader: "If you see this, you're in....."

I'll start.

If you see this, you're in Castroville CA.

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Nomad/c0a.jpg
(My wife in front of the Giant Concrete Artichoke. LOL)

[dantama]

I'll play Caddman

If you see this, you're in Tongatapu, the capitol of the Kingdom of Tonga at the Royal Tombs.

The picture is of the Kings casket on the huge barge type thing that about 100 men carried on their shoulders from the king's palace.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/dantama/mentsittingontombs2.jpg

Very nice, buy you get extra points if your bike is in the photo. That way we know you were there.

[dantama]

Very nice, buy you get extra points if your bike is in the photo. That way we know you were there.

Had a hard time getting the bike to Tonga :)

Looked through all my bike pics and found that I don't take pictures in front of landmark types of things much :(

If you see this, you're in downtown Denver.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/dantama/bikeandtrainstation2.jpg

[audiogooroo]

If you see this...
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee19/audiogooroo/100_0005.jpg
You're at the summit of Wolf Creek Pass.

If you see this
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Nomad/DSCF0526.jpg
You're out in the sticks east of Sanger Calif.

[cactusjack]

Roosevelt Dam, near Globe AZ.

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc218/slhanks4/hosted_photos/Roos_dam.jpg

[bobzinger]

If you see this you're in Yosemite
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd60/bobzinger/tamnmeyosemite.jpg
No bike but that's how we got there.

[vroc13091]

If you see this,
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj169/vroc13091/snowpeak3.jpg
you're on US20 south of West Yellowstone, Montana

[cactusjack]

If you see this,
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj169/vroc13091/snowpeak3.jpg
you're on US20 south of West Yellowstone, Montana


That looks like Mount Sawtelle, W of Henry's Lake, ID. My folks had a cabin up in that area, about 20 miles south. I spent most of my summers in that part of Idaho until I was 16. My dad and I spent a lot of time fishing Henry's Fork of the Snake River.

[bobzinger]

If you see this you're getting ready to board the Howard Landing Ferry from Ryer Island to Grand Island in the California Delta. Of course you had to take the Ryer Island Ferry to get there in the first place.
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd60/bobzinger/ferry3.jpg
Here's the Nomad
http://www.celebrationriders.org/images/ferry6.jpg

[dantama]

On the bottom picture, look how much better looking the saddle bags on the bike on the right are, compared to the bike on the left :)

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u272/DrNickDC/BDinBirthdaySuit.jpg

If you see this you're in Lakewood, California!

[dogdoc]

Thats sh*tting funny Nico,,,,,,,lol

[vroc13091]

Nico Wrote:

>If you see this you're in Lakewood, California!

==================================

To much Video of BD.......... http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj169/vroc13091/nono.gif

I think I'm going to be blind.....

[cactusjack]

Funniest thing I've seen all week, Nico!

I was thinking, "If you see this" ...you need to sober up!

[vroc13091]

[quote:in3z33xd]If you see this,
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj169/vroc13091/snowpeak3.jpg
you're on US20 south of West Yellowstone, Montana


That looks like Mount Sawtelle, W of Henry's Lake, ID. My folks had a cabin up in that area, about 20 miles south. I spent most of my summers in that part of Idaho until I was 16. My dad and I spent a lot of time fishing Henry's Fork of the Snake River.[/quote:in3z33xd]

Could very well be. After going back and looking at the map that would be about where I stopped to take this shot.

[cactusjack]

[quote:p9nvxz0m]

That looks like Mount Sawtelle, W of Henry's Lake, ID. My folks had a cabin up in that area, about 20 miles south. I spent most of my summers in that part of Idaho until I was 16. My dad and I spent a lot of time fishing Henry's Fork of the Snake River.

Could very well be. After going back and looking at the map that would be about where I stopped to take this shot.

[/quote:p9nvxz0m]

I'm pretty sure that's where it is. If I remember right, Mount Sawtelle was named after a Shoshone indian chief, and the mountain resembles a reclining indian, wearing a headdress. the large peak with the snow would be his head and the smaller peak, to the right would be his knees slightly bent.

Isn't this educational? I'll bet Idaho can verify this.

If you see this, you're on Tioga pass, just over the top towards Lee Vining, about 9000 ft. elevation.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Nomad/cadpupus.jpg

[Todd]

Damm you Nico........wasted half a beer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I you see this, you're at the exact center of the civilized world: California. HehHehHeh...
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Touring/judy2.jpg
Also you are taking photos of my wife! WTH?

[dantama]

If you see this, you're at the Air Force Acadamy chapel near Colorado Springs Colorado.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/dantama/bikeandcadetchurch.jpg

[dantama]

If you see this, you just screwed yourself :)

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/dantama/saddlebag.jpg

Yeaouch! That looks expensive.

[Todd]

If you see this, you just screwed yourself :)

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/dantama/saddlebag.jpg

.................I think I may be sick............................

http://download.gallery.start.com/d.dll/2~23~42~44810/LARGE.jpg

If you see this, you're just about to get on the boat out to Alcatraz.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Touring/island2.jpg

If you see this, you're on Alcatraz. This is carved above the sally port where you enter the prison. Note the archaic spelling "Alcatraces". They added this floor some time in the recent past, and the inscription is no longer visible to the public. Shame.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Touring/al-sign-2.jpg

If you see this, you are in the operating room at Alcatraz. At night. Spooky!
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Touring/op-room.jpg

If you see this, you are under the prison, in a utility tunnel. (Not part of the public tour.) The modern gunnite covers the original brick vaulting here.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Touring/tunnel.jpg

If you see this, be glad it's not 100 years ago. You probably wouldn't be leaving alive.
The brick vault down to a "dungeon" under alcatraz, later used as a powder room, and later as a diesel fuel bunker.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Touring/bunker.jpg

If you see this, you just screwed yourself :)

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/dantama/saddlebag.jpg


We're twins!

[trip]

Good and hilarious stuff.....here are a few......

If you see this....you're in Luchenbach, Texas....Waylen, Willie and the boys.
http://www.kawanow.org/misc/ifyou001.JPG

If you see this....you're on the Pig Trail in Arkansas.
http://www.kawanow.org/misc/ifyou002.JPG

If you see this....you're on the River Road between Study Butte and Presidio, TX.
http://www.kawanow.org/misc/ifyou003.JPG

If you see this....You're on Hwy 1, the Talimena Highway in Arkansas/Oklahoma.
http://www.kawanow.org/misc/ifyou004.JPG

If you see this....You're on Hwy 163 in Monument Valley, UT.
http://www.kawanow.org/misc/ifyou005.JPG

If you see this....You're in Zion NP, UT.
http://www.kawanow.org/misc/ifyou006.JPG

If you see this....You're right outside Bryce Canyon, UT.
http://www.kawanow.org/misc/ifyou007.JPG

If you see this....You're in Arches NP near Moab, UT.
http://www.kawanow.org/misc/ifyou008.JPG

If you see this....You're on Hwy 90 in Bedrock, CO...
http://www.kawanow.org/misc/ifyou009.JPG

If you see this....you're smack, dab in the middle of the Texas Hill Country.
http://www.kawanow.org/misc/ifyou010.JPG

[dantama]

Yeaouch! That looks expensive.

Insurance gave me $8,000, spent about $2,000 fixing it and it looks nearly as good as new.

I described it somewhere here. I was going very fast down a dirt road, was distracted by a photo op, and a tight corner came up on me faster than I was expecting. Locked rear after getting a bump off a protruding rock, low sided, then high sided landing on that side. Only moved about the length of the scratches when I landed from the highside. Pretty much landed with a plop.

BD is right.... that Tripster is a handsome guy! ;)

[dantama]

If you see this, you're on the dirt road east of Deckers in Colorado.

You are also the type that sees things and says to yourself, "I wonder if I could...." :)


http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/dantama/bikeonrock.jpg



You were driving down this road passing some of these rocks when you were doing your wondering.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/dantama/deckersroadgravel.jpg

[dantama]

If you see this, you have a Nomad.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/dantama/IMG_1324.jpg

Dan's next trick?


http://www.manbymotorplex.com/res_suppliers/MBY100/pictures/microlight1.jpg

Hey those are some really awesome photos guys, except that one of the smashed bag (which was a bit depressing) but particularly the one of Monument Valley. Anthow....

If you see this, you're just below the clouds off Mt. Shasta in the rain.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Flight/ShastaClose.jpg

If you see this, you've made it to the dam on Lake Shasta and the dang rain still hasn't cleared up.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Flight/dam-1.jpg

[Todd]

[quote:o54s4mrk]Yeaouch! That looks expensive.

Insurance gave me $8,000, spent about $2,000 fixing it and it looks nearly as good as new.

I described it somewhere here. I was going very fast down a dirt road, was distracted by a photo op, and a tight corner came up on me faster than I was expecting. Locked rear after getting a bump off a protruding rock, low sided, then high sided landing on that side. Only moved about the length of the scratches when I landed from the highside. Pretty much landed with a plop. [/quote:o54s4mrk]

...and the other $6000 ??? ???

[dantama]

[quote:w1ebs6wm]

Insurance gave me $8,000, spent about $2,000 fixing it and it looks nearly as good as new.

I described it somewhere here. I was going very fast down a dirt road, was distracted by a photo op, and a tight corner came up on me faster than I was expecting. Locked rear after getting a bump off a protruding rock, low sided, then high sided landing on that side. Only moved about the length of the scratches when I landed from the highside. Pretty much landed with a plop.

...and the other $6000 ??? ???[/quote:w1ebs6wm]

Some went towards a better car, and I've held some out to do a Venture trunk like on Audioguru's Nomad.

If you see this, you're above 11,000 feet in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/dantama/nomadedgeofroad.jpg

[dantama]

If you can see this, you're looking at a guy who is probably a hell of an 80 year old by now.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/dantama/Kenny_topped_out.jpg

[wanderer]

If you see this ......
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/gene-k/rock_cafe.jpg
You are on Route 66 in Stroud, Oklahoma.

[cactusjack]

After the western rally, I'm heading North to Salt Lake City for a few days and am giving thought to coming back to Phoenix via Monument Valley just to say I rode through it. I've been there in a car, just want to try it on a bike.

[audiogooroo]

If you see this, you're in downtown Sturgis during bike week.

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee19/audiogooroo/sturgis05028.jpg
Photographer must have been drinking...a little blurry, but hey, that's me and my Nomad in the pic!

[audiogooroo]

And if you see this, you're at the summit of Wilkerson Pass in Colorado overlooking South Park.

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee19/audiogooroo/Fall2006.jpg

[Todd]

If you see this............

you are on HWY 58 near Vesta, Virginia just south of the BRP @ Lover's Leap
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/toddf1_2007/IMG_1823.jpg

you are at milepost 76.0 on the BRP in Virginia
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/toddf1_2007/IMG_1827adjusted.jpg

you are in Todd, NC doing something that would make Dan Lund proud http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/toddf1_2007/IMG_3907.jpg

you are on Skyline Drive in Central Virginia
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/toddf1_2007/IMG_1851-1.jpg

you are on US 421 entering Tennessee from NC
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/toddf1_2007/IMG_3902.jpg

you are in Fire Valley NV
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/toddf1_2007/IMG_3952.jpg
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/toddf1_2007/IMG_3949.jpg

you are at one of the overlooks at Big Meadows Lodge in the Shenandoah Valley at sunset
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/toddf1_2007/IMG_1845.jpg

you are on my front porch and seeing how bad my yard looked after last summers drought
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/toddf1_2007/IMG_4131.jpg

If you see this, you're looking across Bass Lake Ca, at the Pine's Resort & Hotel.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Touring/pines.jpg

If you see this, you're at the top of just about the twistiest piece of two-lane asphalt in the Sierra-Nevada range.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Nomad/DSCF1490.jpg

If you see this, you're on the east side of Kit Carson Pass, looking over into western Nevada.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Nomad/DSCF1450.jpg

And if you see this, you're riding with the High Sierra VROC, through silver City Nevada. My bike is in the middle of the pack. You can spot the chrome "hubcaps" right behind Sherm Accord's right leg.

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Nomad/DSCF1429.jpg

[dantama]

Todd, Valley of Fire is a long way from home for you. I've been there in a car, and wished I was on the bike.

Yeah. That Valley of Fire looks like an awesome ride.

If you see this, you were in the parking lot of my office:
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Nomad/JagNad-1.jpg

[cactusjack]

If you see this, you are right smack in the middle of Jerome, AZ.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc218/slhanks4/Jerome%20Arizona%2010-27-07/Jerome1_sm.jpg

And if you see this, you're still in Jerome looking across the valley at the red rock cliffs above Sedona, AZ (~30 miles away)
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc218/slhanks4/Jerome%20Arizona%2010-27-07/IMG_0469.jpg

This is overlooking Salt River Canyon, between Globe and Show Low, AZ.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc218/slhanks4/Salt%20River%20Canyon%20AZ/IMG_0399.jpg

If you see this, you were looking out the front door of my house last August as a haboob (dust storm) moved across the area.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc218/slhanks4/Sonoran%20Desert%20Dust%20Storm%2008-16-2007/IMG_0304.jpg

[Todd]

Yeah. That Valley of Fire looks like an awesome ride.


Todd, Valley of Fire is a long way from home for you. I've been there in a car, and wished I was on the bike.

It is an incredible ride on motorcycle............One of the most scenic I have been on, but, it is completely different than what I am used to around the Eastern part of the Country.

[beezer]

if you see this, you are in my driveway

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e54/1beezer/Nomad%20Solo/IMG_0669.jpg

[dantama]

If you see this, you're at the top of just about the twistiest piece of two-lane asphalt in the Sierra-Nevada range.




If you see this, you're a very good rider who parks down hill in gravel and thinks nothing of up hill full lock turns to get back on the road in time to miss the signs :) ;)

Show off Caddman :)
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Nomad/DSCF1490.jpg

[Todd]

if you see this, you are in my driveway

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e54/1beezer/Nomad%20Solo/IMG_0669.jpg


HMMMMM...looks a lot different when you are at home beezer...I guess I'm just not used to seeing the bike in the driveway http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

[misunderstood]

If you're an insurance salesman and you see Dan Lund, don't walk.......run the other way as fast as you can. Man, I want your appraiser. Walking away from keyboard, shaking head, while mumbling $8000............................................

If you see this, you're a very good rider who parks down hill in gravel and thinks nothing of up hill full lock turns to get back on the road in time to miss the signs :) ;)

Show off Caddman :)

You shoulda been there the time I left the barber shop & forgot to unlock the forks. Talk about a full-lock turn! I did a full 360, against traffic, and wound up right where I started. Yikes!

[ells]

Hey AGR, that pic of you at Sturgis - you're too cool man.

If you see this, you're having a smoke with the ol' Caddmann in front of Alice's Restaurant.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Touring/c8.jpg

If you see this, you're going across the Golden Gate bridge on the back of a Nomad.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Touring/c12.jpg

[vroc13091]

your looking at the Boscobel Railway Museum in Boscobel WI standing across the street in front of the Valley Inn Cafe (Great Breakfast Stop)

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4041/2000/1600/boscobel1.jpg

If you see this, you're in a tunnel!

(The Gen MacArthur tunnel as I recall.)

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Touring/c11.jpg

[vroc13091]

You're traveling North on the suspension portion of Mackinaw Bridge (inside lane with the iron grate) in Northern Michigan

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4041/2000/1600/mackinawbr3.jpg

The approach to the suspension portion.
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4041/2000/1600/mackinawbr2.jpg

[vroc13091]

If you see this, you're entering -- Just read the sign!! http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4041/2000/1600/Kentucky.jpg

BrrrrRrrrrrr BrrrrRrrrrrr BrrrrRrrrrrr BrrrrRrrrrrr.....

I can feel the tire noise on the open grating right now.

[vroc13091]

If you see this, you just stopped for a lean buffalo burger in Hill City, SD

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4041/2000/1600/hillcitycafe.jpg

If you see this, you're on the Group W bench, where they put you if you may not be moral enough to join the army and burn women & children's houses and villages after bein' a litter bug.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Touring/c8a.jpg

[vroc13091]

If you see this you're in Tahilima Oklahoma after ridding 25 mile with the reserve light on hoping to find fuel at the only gas station in town.

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4041/2000/1600/Tahilima.jpg

[vroc13091]

If you see this you're at the start of the Talimena Scenic Byway from the west on the Oklahoma side.

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4041/2000/1600/Talimena.jpg

[vroc13091]

If you see this, I just rolled into a fresh morning rain soaked Grand Lake, Colorado after an all night long 1100 mile ride from Texas


http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj169/vroc13091/grandlakearr.jpg

[vroc13091]

If you see this, You're in front of my house in July 2007 loaded up and heading for Anchorage, Alaska

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj169/vroc13091/alaskabound.jpg

[Todd]

If you see this, you're having a smoke with the ol' Caddmann in front of Alice's Restaurant.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Touring/c8.jpg

<marquee>I hear you can get anything that you want there http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif</marquee>

[beezer]

http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

[dantama]

Caddman, what's that water bottle holder showing up in your pics?

If you see this you are on US 95 in Idaho overlooking the snake river. Lewiston, Idaho is on the left and Clarkston, Wa is on the right.


http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x4/sjmarsing/bike%20trip%202006/P8200053.jpg

Caddman, what's that water bottle holder showing up in your pics?
That's the patented CaddmannQ Emergency Moto-Hydration System. ;)

Two cheap plastic cups with a bit of foam rubber weatherstrip stuck inside, attached with the stock windshield bolts and some fender washers inside to prevent the plastic splitting. Total cost was about $1.98 and took perhaps 15 minutes to assemble. I wanted something fancier, but didn't find it and ended up doing this at the last minute before my vacation trip.

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Nomad/hydration.jpg

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Excepting Alice. http://s2.images.proboards.com/lipsrsealed.gif

[cactusjack]

[quote:cfc9htz1]If you see this, you're having a smoke with the ol' Caddmann in front of Alice's Restaurant.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Touring/c8.jpg

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Man, does that bring back some memories! You can get anything you want...

[macmac]

Yer, lost somewhere in Nebraska!
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll275/Mac_Muz/Coast-tocoast/KSfarmhs.jpg

[dantama]

[quote:w7qky4s8]Caddman, what's that water bottle holder showing up in your pics?
That's the patented CaddmannQ Emergency Moto-Hydration System. ;)

Two cheap plastic cups with a bit of foam rubber weatherstrip stuck inside, attached with the stock windshield bolts and some fender washers inside to prevent the plastic splitting. Total cost was about $1.98 and took perhaps 15 minutes to assemble. I wanted something fancier, but didn't find it and ended up doing this at the last minute before my vacation trip.

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Nomad/hydration.jpg[/quote:w7qky4s8]


Chrome them and sell them! :)

I once did a similar temporary thing.

I needed a place to tie down a tent when I was heading out on a 4,000 mile trip. I put a Large U-bolt that was the same spacing as the license plate bolts, and the other end would reach to the metal tube below the passenger seat on the 1500 Nomad; put the nuts on the license plate ends, zip tied the other end and........

Was only going to use it for that trip, but left it there till I sold it. Worked too well to take back off.

I make something in stainless before I go to the desert this summer.

If you see this, you're at the overlook high on Sonora Canyon, on the East side of Sonora Pass.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Touring/y7.jpg

If you see this, you're on the wharf at Santa Cruz.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Touring/c3.jpg

[dantama]

If you see this, your on a dirt road somewhere south of Denver

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/dantama/bikeandoldtruck2.jpg

Famous Colorado landmark, huh?

"Go up here 'bout a mile & turn right at the red dump truck."

;)

If you see this, it's hammer time in Elk California.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Touring/c19.jpg

[bigjohn]

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b111/jhprice/Vacations/Red%20Lodge%202007/100_0979.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b111/jhprice/Vacations/Red%20Lodge%202007/100_0980.jpg
At the top of Beartooth Pass.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b111/jhprice/Vacations/Red%20Lodge%202007/100_0981.jpg
The top of Chief Joseph Pass

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b111/jhprice/Vacations/Red%20Lodge%202007/100_0985.jpg
You just came up this to get to Chief Joseph.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b111/jhprice/Vacations/Red%20Lodge%202007/100_1021.jpg
Rogers Pass, Montana on the Continental Divide

[beezer]

cool pics Big John

[misunderstood]

Beautiful pics, but it's time to wash the white walls. Just kidding http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

Sweet! I'l like to have time to ride the Rockies again some day. Last time was on a Yamaha 180. ::)
I'm kinda far away these days.

[dantama]

Beautiful pics, but it's time to wash the white walls. Just kidding http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

+1 Not kidding :)

[bigjohn]

Beautiful pics, but it's time to wash the white walls. Just kidding http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

+1 Not kidding :)

Don't worry, they have been "cleaned"

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b111/jhprice/Naomi/Spring%2008%20rebuild/100_1389.jpg
As they looked before I started in with the elbow grease a couple of weeks ago.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b111/jhprice/Naomi/Spring%2008%20rebuild/100_1417.jpg
The result. Got any suggestions? The electric blue just doesn't do it...




















http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b111/jhprice/Naomi/Spring%2008%20rebuild/100_1442.jpg
Just kidding. The yellow tires were the result if my being too cheap to actually purchase whitewalls last summer. It is "Whitewall Tyre Paint" that I got form a guy in Iceland. When It first went on it looked really good. Unfortunately, the "rubber" bleeds through after a while and turns it yellow. If I had of put on a 4th coat it might not have done better. Oh well, lesson learned.

[dantama]

Thanks for the tip, I'll be wary of guys from Iceland :)

[cactusjack]

..those were some nice looking tan-walls.

[bigjohn]

..those were some nice looking tan-walls.

And you wouldn't believe the pain I had to go through to find them.

[misunderstood]

Looks great !! Gotta get WW's when I replace mine.

Not me. Mine would be black 99% of the time. I've got no patience to clean white stuff all the time.

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u272/DrNickDC/BDinBirthdaySuit.jpg

If you see this you're still in Lakewood, California!!

[cactusjack]

...you're about 10 miles E of Gila Bend, AZ.

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc218/slhanks4/hosted_photos/IMG_0823.jpg

Though I lived in Arizona almost 4 years and visited twice since, I've never been to Gila bend.

Must be the monsters scarin' me off. ;)

[cactusjack]

Though I lived in Arizona almost 4 years and visited twice since, I've never been to Gila bend.

Must be the monsters scarin' me off. ;)

...you haven't missed much. I lived here 9 years before I ever went there. Typical of most small desert towns in AZ, it's an armpit.

Drove thru it a few times to visit my Mom in Sun City West...took the Greyhound which went thru Chandler last time and looked for your Nomad...didn't see it...j/k....took the red-eye and slept thru most of the ride! You're right about the 'armpit' part...even though it has grown the last 15 yrs!! It actually has some fast food places now instead of just a gas station and a bar!

Oh..... that's where you went!!!!


http://pure-essence.net/stuff/ICHC/funny-pictures-15-cents-stop.jpg

[papat]

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm260/mepapat/RT66-1.jpg
Historic Route 66, beautiful eastern NM big city of Tucumcari

[misunderstood]

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm260/mepapat/RT66-1.jpg
Historic Route 66, beautiful eastern NM big city of Tucumcari

Cool, I'll be going thru there end of next week on my way to my aunts in rio rancho. I'll have to stop and take the same pick if I can remember too. http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif

[cactusjack]

That's a really cool sign. I'll make it to Tucumcari someday. Been to NM many times, Phoenix to ABQ and up I-25 to Denver, never been E of ABQ in NM on I-40.

Rio Rancho is very nice. Lots of nice ranches, I drove through there a few years ago.

[bigjohn]

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm260/mepapat/RT66-1.jpg
Historic Route 66, beautiful eastern NM big city of Tucumcari

That's new since I was last there. Cool...

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b111/jhprice/Vacations/Red%20Lodge%202006/100_0332.jpg
Jellystone headed into the park from West Yellowstone.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b111/jhprice/Vacations/Red%20Lodge%202006/100_0386.jpg
Cruzen through the park.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b111/jhprice/Vacations/Red%20Lodge%202006/100_0407.jpg
Ol' Faithful from the lodge.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b111/jhprice/Vacations/Red%20Lodge%202006/100_0434.jpg
Top of Chief Joseph pass.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b111/jhprice/Naomi/April_23_ride/100_0129.jpg
You're cruzen the bakroads of northern Pudget Sound.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b111/jhprice/Naomi/New%20Years%202008/100_1300.jpg
New Years Day, Lake Stevens, WA 2008 - cold, clear and rare...

[lw]

... you're at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX.

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa278/fdtrainer23/LucillevisitsNASAcloser.jpg

[audiogooroo]

I thought I'd bump this thread back up since we have so many new members and I would like to see some of their riding experiences. :)
If you see this:
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee19/audiogooroo/Western%20Rally%2008/SANY0257-1.jpg
You're in Mt. Zion National Park in Utah with some really great people from KawaNOW!

Sweet!

If you see this:
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Zion/Nads_align.jpg
You're at the Casablanca Resort, waitin' for that same buncha fine people to quit dickin' around takin' pictures and RIDE! http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

[cactusjack]

if you see this:

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc218/slhanks4/Monument%20Valley/IMG_1065_RSZ10.jpg

You're a long way from anywhere! (Monument Valley Utah)

[audiogooroo]

Run Forest, run!

[jussmatt]

I waus Ruunnninn!! And finally one day....I just stoped! LOL!

Wow! That's awesome! I haven't been through Monument Valley for at least 35 years. I gotta take Judy there soon.

If you see this, you're in Old Town Clovis, Ca. for the start of the annual Rumble to the Summit.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/caddmannq/Touring/rumble2.jpg